With what, when and how often?

Only young beech trees need fertilizer

You do not have to fertilize older, well-established beech trees. The trees develop a ramified one Root systemwith which they can provide for themselves in the best possible way.

You can fertilize young, freshly planted European beeches in the first few years in order to growth to stimulate.

Provide nutrients when planting

You lay the best foundation when you plant the red beech, when you prepare the planting hole for the red beech. This includes that you:

• Loosen the earth deeply
• Remove weeds completely
• create a drainage if necessary
• Soil with compost and / or Horn shavings(€ 32.93 at Amazon *) to enhance
• Liming acidic soils

A good preparation of the planting hole ensures a good supply of nutrients right from the start. Additional fertilizer applications are then often not necessary.

Only fertilize the beech during the growing season

Red beeches are generally only fertilized during the growing season, i.e. from March to the beginning of August. Either you give special fertilizer for beech trees once a month or you can choose one Slow release fertilizer. This only needs to be administered once in spring.

Follow the instructions on the package exactly. With European beech, less fertilizer is better than too much. Be careful not to get the fertilizer directly on the trunk or leaves.

If you have compost in the garden, sprinkle plenty of it around the tree in the spring. Further fertilizers are then superfluous.

Do not fertilize any more from August

European beech go straight to the after the last growth spurt in July Pre-winter calm. In no case should they be fertilized from August onwards, as they may then sprout again. The new shoots are not hardy and freeze to death.